How to make a box out of cardboard. Chest from a cardboard box. Master Class. Decorating a wooden chest

To make a chest with our own hands, we need:

Carton (laminated carton is best)
wooden rulers (purchased at KORE)
acrylic paint, acrylic varnish
foam rubber or synthetic winterizer
stationery pins
fabric (I used crepe satin)
small hinges and a lock (depending on the size of the chest)
clerical knife, glue Moment universal and PVA glue
unnecessary belt or leather (leatherette)


I took a diaper box and cut it in half. Got a box.
Tip: it’s better to take a box or make it yourself according to the size of the rulers (I had 30 cm, and my husband sawed them with a jigsaw to get the right length for the box).

To make the same stylish semi-circular lid that topped pirate treasure chests in the old days, I did the following:
I cut out a rectangle from cardboard along the length of the box. With the help of a clerical knife and a ruler, I made horizontal cuts at a distance of the width of the ruler from each other and filled them with all the space except for the allowances. I did this operation so that the cardboard was gently bent in shape and not wrinkled. I made cuts on the side allowances, as shown in the photo.
Next, I cut out two shapes (two semicircles), which will later become the sides of our chest.
Bending in shape, glued the lid to the sidewalls. When everything was dry, I cut off the protruding edges with a clerical knife.
With the help of glue, the Moment glued the box, the lid, then the sides with wooden rulers. Again, the husband sawed the rulers for the sidewalls with a jigsaw.


After both parts of the chest have dried well, we begin decorating the chest from the inside.
By internal dimensions I cut out such a figure from foam rubber for the bottom of the chest,
rectangle and two sidewalls - for the lid. With the help of PVA glue I glued all the details.


She waited for the glue to dry and draped the chest with fabric, attaching it to the foam rubber with stationery pins.


Tip: It is better to glue the fabric before the rulers in order to tuck it between the cardboard and the rulers. I didn’t think about it at first, so I had to peel off the top rulers.
We decorate the chest outside.
We take acrylic brown paint. I painted with a hard brush. But you can use a sponge, just keep it strictly horizontally so that the effect of the tree “manifests itself”. Then covered with matte varnish, again with acrylic.


On the sides of the chest lid, I glued two straps.
Husband attached hinges and lock.


In order to close some of the irregularities on the ribs of the lower part, I glued pre-prepared strips of cardboard. The length of the strips is the length of the chest, the width is 3-4 cm. I bent the strips in half and glued them to each rib, capturing two sides with one strip.


We put coconut fiber inside, after painting it with a golden aerosol, chocolate coins, a map of the treasure island (we found an old map on the Internet, printed it on thick paper and made it old: we dipped our printout in strong hot tea and held it for 10 minutes. We burned the edges, rolled it up and tied with gold lace).


And of course, they put the main gift for the newlyweds (the real money was moved with fakes). Treasure Island Chest Ready!

Such a gift can be made not only for a wedding, but also for a little birthday boy.

Chest - undeservedly forgotten, but very comfortable spot storage of things. And also a colorful decoration of the house and great gift for the hero of the day or the newlyweds! Make a decorative chest with your own hands, because it's not difficult at all:

Decorative chest with your own hands. Step by step instructions with photo

Gather frame from boards measuring 40X50 cm. To make the sidewalls, you need to step back from the edges of two 10 cm boards and cut the material in a semicircle. Sidewalls are glued to the bottom or fastened with self-tapping screws.

Decorative chest with your own hands. Photo step by step

Sheathe the walls with boards. The first blanks are attached in the upper part under the semicircular cuts. After them, on the sidewalls, departing from the top 20 cm, marks are made with a pencil - they are needed to indicate the future cut of the lid. Then the boards are fastened on both sides to the very bottom.

Sheathe the lid. Narrower blanks are attached to semicircular cuts so that a lid is obtained.

Saw the sides electric jigsaw along the marked lines. After completion of work, it is recommended to cover the wood with stain or varnish.

Attach loops. With their help, the sawn off cover is attached to the base. On the other side, screw a loop on which you can hang a padlock.

old chest with your own hands. A photo

Attach to the sides pens, for example, under bronze. It is necessary that they match the style of the hinges and the lock.

Decorate do-it-yourself chest. For example, fill the bottom with iron corners. Interestingly, leather strips nailed with large-headed nails look interesting on a decorative chest. Finally, the legs are attached to the bottom.

Do-it-yourself wooden chest. Photo instruction

Checkout inner part. To do this, cover the entire space with velvet, choosing a color to your liking.


Decorative wooden chest with your own hands. Option 2

There is another way to make a wooden chest with your own hands. It involves the following steps:

Material preparation. As in the previous case, it is necessary boards. Choose the size depending on the size of the chest you want to receive. With the help of a milling cutter, a quarter is made.

how to make a chest. step by step photos

Assembly boxes. From the resulting blanks, a box is mounted, which occupies about two-thirds of the size of the future chest.

Preparation of material for bottom. To do this, the quarters on the boards are processed on a router.

Bottom installation. It is assembled from blanks using self-tapping screws.

Manufacturing lids. Two side semicircular walls are cut out, then the lid is sheathed with boards over the entire surface.

Product coating wood stain or varnish. This is necessary for decoration, as well as for the preservation of wood.

Fastening fittings. The chest needs three hinges, legs and handles. They can be purchased at any store, but to make the loops look more interesting, it is recommended to file them with a jigsaw. Two hinges are fastened on one side of the cover, and one, for the lock, on the other. Legs are screwed to the bottom, and handles are screwed to the sides.

old chest with your own hands. Photo master class

Finishing. Stylish look copper or steel bands, which are attached to the edges of the product. However, you can use any decor.

Do-it-yourself pirate chest for a children's room

If the child's room is kept in maritime theme, a pirate chest is suitable for her. It looks great in a similar room and is very convenient for storing toys or children's things.

To make such a chest, you must first prepare the materials and tools:

  • furniture board;
  • glue;
  • putty for working with wood;
  • acrylic paint caramel, brown, white and black;
  • gold powder;
  • some flour and milk;
  • decorative beeswax;
  • potal for imitation of gold leaf and glue for it;
  • leather belts;
  • jigsaw;
  • spatula to create a cut texture;
  • stencils with relevant images;
  • rope;
  • drill with a nozzle "pen";
  • furniture rollers;
  • door hinges.

When all it takes to make pirate chest done, you can get to work. The steps are:

Creation blanks. They are cut out of a furniture board according to a pattern. Since they have to be connected with a lock, you should immediately cut out the spikes.

Assembly designs. The parts are connected and coated with glue for strength.

Do-it-yourself pirate chest for a children's room. Photo instruction

Painting. Before applying coloring composition, the chest inside and outside should be covered with a layer of plaster. Only after it has dried can caramel-colored paint be applied.



Creation textures. To make the chest look stylish and interesting, we advise you to decorate the freshly painted surface with a mixture of milk, flour and brown paint. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed so that a composition is obtained that resembles sour cream in consistency. It is applied in large strokes to the outer surface of the product. While the paint has not dried, it is carried out with a spatula - the result is a clear pattern of wood.




decoration. The pirate chest is actually ready, it remains to decorate it. To do this, a stencil is superimposed on the lid. The picture can be anything: a ship, an anchor, and the like. White paint is applied on top, the stencil is removed - and the drawing is on the surface. All outer surface covered with wax with the addition of gold powder and polished with soft tissue, after which a thin translucent layer of black paint is applied. From the inside, the chest is covered with potal with the help of glue for gold leaf.










Mounting accessories. All parts are assembled: the lid is attached to the base door hinges, furniture rollers are installed on the bottom. It is better to make a handle from a rope by passing it through two holes in the lid. The ends of the rope are tied maritime knots. Finally, leather straps are attached to the sides of the pattern on the lid, which wrap around the entire product.


It turns out a stylish do-it-yourself pirate chest for a children's room.

Do-it-yourself chest with a flat lid

The instructions above show how to make a chest with a semi-circular lid. But it can also be flat. Such a product is even easier to make. The instruction is:

First of all, it is necessary to prepare tools and materials by determining the size of the chest and sawing the boards.

Collect sidewalls: connect several boards by attaching thin bars along the edges.


Glue parts of the chest, using a furniture shield as the bottom. On the sides, the product is sheathed with boards. Do not forget to cut the grooves so that the workpieces are installed end-to-end.





Collect cover: take measurements, cut out boards of suitable length, connect them by gluing thin bars on the sides. Then drill two holes in the top on both sides. Do the same on the lid. A rope is inserted into each hole on the chest, pulled through a hole in the lid and tied at both ends with a sea knot.


Do pens: drill two holes in the sidewall at a small distance from each other, insert a rope, tie knots. Repeat on the other side.


Cover by wood stain or varnish.


Do-it-yourself chest-shop. A photo


Do-it-yourself chest with a flat lid is ready!

DIY decorative chest from the box

If you don’t want to work with wood, you can make a cardboard chest with your own hands. Suitable, for example, packaging from household appliances. Manufacturing steps:


Make from the top cover. To do this, you need to draw lines with force over the entire surface so that the cardboard bends. Then cut out two semicircles and paste over them with wallpaper, leaving teeth around the circumference. Blanks are attached to the lid on both sides.


do-it-yourself cardboard chest a photo


Insert the inner box into the outer box, having previously attached pens. Both parts are firmly glued to each other (for convenience during work, they can be fastened with clothespins) and covered with wallpaper.




Create decor. It can be made from leatherette by cutting curly belts, or baked clay. Cuts of napkins and thick twisted threads are also useful. The elements are glued to the chest, patterns are formed from threads and cuts.


cardboard money chest. A photo


Attach legs. They are cut out of wood or plastic and glued to the bottom of the chest.

paint do-it-yourself cardboard chest The surface is covered with black acrylic paint, then applied with a sponge thin layer gold.




DIY paper chest

Another economical option a chest made of paper and cardboard, which is useful for storing a variety of small things and will serve as an interior decoration. Making it is very simple:

Prepare materials and tools. Useful cardboard box, consumer paper two shades, from which tubes of the same size are rolled up, glue, tailor's pins, side cutters, decor elements.

Take a cardboard box of the size you need, make markup future chest and cut out. On both sides there should be semicircular sides.

Glue the outside paper, bending inward about 6 cm.

tubules flatten and attach along the long side with pins.

do-it-yourself paper chest. A photo

Fasten strips of a different shade on one side of the chest with pins and intertwine with existing tubes so that you get an imitation of a basket. Weave to the very top, then fold the remaining ends and glue from the inside of the layout. Braid the sides in the same way, remembering to glue the strips to the bottom.








To make a lid, you need a regular bottle, whose width is equal to the width of the chest. Take a piece of cardboard of the appropriate size, wet it, attach it to the bottle with tape, and after drying, spread with PVA and glue with newspaper. Paste the finished cover with the same paper as the entire product.



Attach the strips along the edge.

Try on the lid issue by weaving it or in another way, for example, by simply gluing strips of paper evenly.



Decorate the chest however you like.

DIY chests

It is not necessary to dwell on the described design options - a do-it-yourself chest can be anything! Here are some examples:

Do-it-yourself wooden chest, made in the manner log house from rounded bars, decorated with metal handles, hinges and lock. The surface is covered with stain.

Carved chest with massive metal handles and a ring for the castle. An ornament is carved on the sides, on the lid - weaving from thin boards, the bottom slightly protrudes beyond the walls of the product.

Stylish black chest, trimmed with leatherette and decorated with leatherette straps. Bronze hinges, a lock and handles are perfect for it, as well as nails with large hats are more decorative.

Laconic woodwork suitable as storage space. An ordinary hinge and metal handles are used, the lid is flat with rounded edges, the chest is painted in a discreet color.

Product rectangular shape reminiscent of flirtatious box. A do-it-yourself decorative chest is pasted over with plain leatherette or paper, decorated with vintage locks and a patterned metal flower.

Bright chest with a flat lid for a children's room, decorated with images of cartoon characters. The handles are cut out on the sidewalls, a notch is also made under the lid on one side for easy opening.

Does the child like to play imagining himself in the world of pirates? Or just planning to make a pirate party? Then you can not do without treasures, and for them you need a real mysterious chest full of secrets and dangers. And it is not at all necessary to buy an old and expensive option, because you can create a pirate chest with your own hands.

There is a legend that the chest was created by pirates on a ship, because for some reason they needed to quickly hide the stolen treasures, they were in a hurry to bury these riches somewhere on an unknown and uninhabited island. So that one day, when the time is right, to dig it up and take them. But before you dig up the cherished treasure chest, you need to create it.

Create a chest

Note that it can be used not only as a decoration at a party, but also for everyday life, you can hide treasures in it in the form of jewelry, children's toys, sweets or many other household items.

Previously, chests were made of wood, metal and stone, it was very expensive and laborious process. Now it’s quite simple to create such a casket for yourself, and materials for its creation can be found in any apartment. So, to create such a festive props, we need:

  • box or cardboard;
  • paper;
  • colored pencils, markers and paints;
  • ribbons, braid, fabric scraps;
  • furniture accessories if desired;
  • instruments.

Let's look at each material in more detail. From cardboard box we will make the base of our chest, the parameters and image of our future casket depend on the size and type. You can use the box kitchen appliances or shoes. If you want to create a large, truly pirate chest, then take a box of household appliances. Plain cardboard, thick, thin and decorative.

If there is no box right size, then you can make a chest out of cardboard, it’s better to take it tighter. In this case, we assemble a chest of the planned size according to one of the schemes indicated below.

Slim and decorative cardboard will be needed to create decorations: corners, loops, locks and so on. If there is a desire and opportunity, then you can use these details from furniture fittings, then the chest will turn out to be as believable as possible. Suitable for both white and colored paper. For pasting the inside, you can use a piece of old light wallpaper.

Also, for decoration, you will definitely need paints, colored pencils and felt-tip pens. Ribbons, braid, and fabric scraps can also be used to decorate the chest. Of the tools for making the chest, we need: scissors, a clerical knife, glue, masking tape, wire and brushes.

If there is no time or desire to make a cardboard chest, then you can purchase a box or a wooden box. Decorating it, you can apply decoupage or just paint with acrylic; you can stick different decorative elements: keys, coins, shells. The result is a beautiful and reliable chest.

Cardboard chest

First you need to decide what kind of lid our chest will have. When creating a chest from a box, you can leave the lid in its original version - flat. In this case, we immediately proceed to decorate the box.

However, with a semicircular lid, the chest looks much more beautiful and interesting.

To make such a chest, we take a box, draw two lines encircling the box, and semicircles on the sides. With a clerical knife, cut off the unnecessary part along the top line, and from the ends along a curved line. Cut along the bottom line from 3 sides as shown in the pictures below:

We will make the roof of our chest from a sheet of thin cardboard right size. You can attach it to the hinges with clerical clamps or plastic screws and nuts made of children's constructor. To make the chest durable, it is better to glue the seams masking tape from all sides.

It remains only to prime the chest, and then paint or paste over with decorative paper.

Decorating Basics

This stage in the creation of our pirate props is the most interesting, because there is a whole flight of fantasy that cannot be limited. What will be the created mysterious chest?

Decorating the casket, use any colors you like. If you use dark paper for the inside, then the chest will become mysterious, and if on outside, then there will be a gloomy effect. You can also use printed pictures with the attributes of a pirate: crossbones under the skull, flag, ships, anchors and chains. The same can be drawn with acrylic paints. Scraps will look great in decor vintage maps to age a card, you need to take a printed picture, tear it up and make it look old with coffee.

The chest can be decorated with coins, shells, stones, ropes, sequins, rhinestones, pieces of wood, nets, and whatever else comes to mind. If you want to make an imitation of a wooden structure on the surface of the chest, then glue small pieces of cardboard, a crumpled newspaper sheet. You can use beads, as shown in the picture.

Below are photos of how you can decorate pirate chests.

bamboo chest

for storage various items household items, valuables and other things, a chest is used. Since ancient times, people have been accustomed to such a container for storing things. Most often, chests were made of wood and decorated with various metal elements. In the same master class, you will learn how to make a marvelous chest from improvised means at minimal cost.


materials
. Cardboard.
. PVA glue.
. Consumer paper tubes.
. Glue "Moment".
. Tailor pins.
. Decor.
. Side cutters.

Manufacturing steps
. On any box, mark the chest. Cut out.



. Paste the outer part of the box with the main background, stepping in about 6 cm.
On the long side of the chest layout, attach flattened tubes with tailor's pins as in the photo.

Now take long strips of a different color. Pin the ends on the left side. Now make weaves, the distance can be taken equal to the width of the tube.





When you finish braiding to the top, bend the ends of the strips inward and glue them.



This is what it looks like inside



. While the glue dries, take care of the lid of the chest. In this MK, the width of the bottle is equal to the width of the chest, so you don’t have to adjust anything in size. Wet the cardboard and attach it to the bottle with tape. When the cardboard dries, several times it should be covered with PVA glue.



For greater reliability, you can glue with a newspaper.



. While the lid dries, continue braiding the sides of the chest. Where necessary, strips should be increased.



The high side part is ready. Cut off the excess from the strips and glue well.



Continue braiding the chest. Do not forget to glue the stripes to the bottom, in this MK the stripes are yellow.



As a result of your labors, you will get such a neat and beautiful chest.



Admire? Now keep working.



. Glue the edges to make it look neat and beautiful.



Paste the lid of the chest with the same color as the chest itself, going up 6 cm.



. Try on so that the design converges evenly.



. Customize the lid as you wish. Connect your imagination and go.



As a result of the work done, the following should be obtained.



But, of course, the chest requires decor. Imagine and create. Let handmade things endow you with kindness, beauty and warmth.

In ancient times, chests were one of the valuable pieces of furniture where various things and treasures could be stored. Do you want to make such a chest yourself? Then we get to work.



Materials for work:
. Cardboard (dense);
. Simple pencil;
. Ruler;
. Scissors;
. Double-sided tape;
. Glue "Moment";
. corrugated paper;
. Wooden mat;
. Acrylic lacquer;
. White paper;
. brush for drawing;
. beads;
. Sandpaper;
. Decorative ribbons.



1. Cut out three cardboard boxes - 17x8.5 cm in size and two squares - 8.5x8.5 cm in size. Glue them to white paper. We leave a space of 2 mm between them to make it easier to bend them along the contour.



2. We glue the frame of the chest, and glue it inside corrugated paper.



3. Cut out the details from the wooden rug, which should match the dimensions of the sides of the box. We take into account that the bottom should also be decorated with this rug.



4. Immediately prepare the materials for the lid and paste over them with corrugated paper. We need 3 semicircles with a diameter of 8.5 cm and 4 squares with sides of 8.5 cm. Immediately in the squares, we drill a hole in their lower part.



5. Glue two semicircles to two squares using satin ribbon and glue "Moment". We need the tape so that the joints of the cardboard bend well, but do not crack.



6. Now you can paste over the frame with prepared wooden elements.



7. Part of the wooden rug, which will serve as a lid, is pasted over with inside corrugated paper.


8. Glue the wooden rug to the sides of the chest.



9. Next, glue it into two semicircles, cut off the excess parts with scissors and grind with sandpaper.

Chest from the box - original idea for handmade, simple in execution and having practical use. This is not an unnecessary "dust collector", and with due diligence, a very nice little thing can come out, which is not a shame to present as a gift.

What can be stored in a chest out of the box

A chest made from a cardboard box is, in fact, the original version of the box - that is, it is ideal for storing small items. And what? Traditionally in caskets are stored:

You can store small items related to a hobby in a chest - yours or the one to whom it is intended as a gift.

Benefits of a chest out of the box

The chest out of the box has a number of advantages:

  • it is not only beautiful, but also a useful thing;
  • plays the role well original gift(including - thematic, can be wedding, created for specific date or event, match the hobbies of the recipient of the gift);
  • a wonderful craft for making with children (today it is no longer an ordinary household item, but a historical or fairy-tale item, the idea of ​​​​creating it is great for developing children's imagination, joint creativity in game form and at the same time for the development of fine motor skills);
  • it is easy to do it yourself;
  • materials for manufacturing are quite budgetary - to create the simplest chest out of the box, you can find everything you need at home;
  • it is done for a relatively short time (compared to other handmade).

Have you decided to make your first chest? Go ahead, start by looking for materials and tools to work with.

What will be required

What is needed to create a chest from a box? Literally anything can be needed depending on the creative idea! But the basic list of materials is as follows:

  • cardboard for the base;
  • paper - color and white (for office);
  • scissors;
  • stationery cutter;
  • a set of paints (preferably acrylic or gouache);
  • brushes of different thickness;
  • a simple pencil for marking;
  • glue (stronger - PVA, Moment);
  • ruler (preferably metal, plastic ones easily “mow”);
  • double-sided tape;
  • knitting needle, blunt pencil or ended pen;
  • brads in the form of carnations;
  • fabric (what kind and whether you need it - depends on your idea);
  • small decorative elements (also selected according to the plan).

IMPORTANT. Optimal solution- use beer cardboard for the base. Ordinary corrugated cardboard is easily deformed, forming ugly kinks, and it has unaesthetic ends. Binding "oak", bends too tightly - not without reason they make covers of large albums from it. Cardstock (designer cardboard) is thin for the base, but a silver cardstock sheet is very useful for decorating.

Please note: beer cardboard is much easier to cut with a clerical cutter than with scissors!

Step by step description of the process

Consider two options cardboard chest: simple and more complex pirate.

Option 1, base assembly:

  1. We create a “pattern” - first we cut out a strip of 90 * 30 cm from cardboard. We make markings on it: cover (30 cm), back side (20), bottom (20), front side (also 20).
  2. Cut out the sides (20*20).
  3. We cut out the sides of the lid: they will be semicircular - we bend a strip of cardboard (40 * 9) exactly in half and make it with scissors upper part semicircular, cut at the bottom - so the sidewalls are ready.
  4. We bend the first blank as the diagram is drawn and glue the sidewalls. We glue them with paper ribbons bent in half in length (they need to be cut 2-3 cm wide).
  5. We subject the lid to the scoring process - this means that we press parallel lines on it at regular intervals with a blunt pencil, knitting needle or non-writing pen - it is better to draw them in advance along the ruler. We bend the lid in an arcuate manner and glue the sidewalls with the help of bent lengthwise and incised with cloves on one side paper tapes(the incision is needed so that they do not wrinkle).
  6. Glue the cover.

The basis of the simplest chest is ready.

IMPORTANT. There is an even simpler option - take a ready-made cardboard box and separately make a chest lid for it in the manner described above.

Option 2, the basis for a pirate chest:

  1. We create blanks - we need two front walls (18 * 8 cm), two side walls (11.7 * 8), two bottoms (18 * 12), a lid (18 * 19.5 cm), sidewalls - we make them in the same way , which is in the first version, but their lower, straight side is assumed to be 11.7 cm - you need to draw a circle with this diameter and cut it in half. Be sure to estimate - the corners of the sidewalls-semicircles should coincide with the corners of the lid, it's easier to fix everything in advance, then it will be too late.
  2. We subject the blank for the lid to scoring with a metal ruler - draw lines at 2 cm intervals (the extreme fragment will turn out to be wider, almost 3 cm), fold it in a semicircle so that it bends and “gets used” to keep its shape.
  3. From office paper we cut 2 strips 4 cm wide, they need to be bent along and one half of both is cut in the form of cloves. Using these strips, we glue the lid and its side parts.
  4. We connect the parts of the base with paper strips 3 cm wide, also bent in half.

We got the frame of a pirate chest. How to make it pirated?

IMPORTANT. As in the first case, for this option, you can use a ready-made box, and make the lid yourself. You can not put it on glue, but come up with wire or leather loops for it - this way it will be easier to open and stay in place longer.

Decor: what can be pasted over

The first chest can be pasted over if desired:

  • colored paper;
  • fabric;
  • wallpaper that imitates the texture of wood;
  • shabby leatherette or old leather;
  • fragments of a wooden napkin.

When choosing a material for gluing, consider the intended purpose of the product: the design must correspond to it. Use your boundless imagination!

For example, even a wedding chest for collecting money can be designed in completely different ways, depending on the purpose of the collection:

    simply cash gifts newlyweds - a chest out of the box is made out in the traditional "wedding" style or in the style of a wedding (themed ones are now popular - in a single color scheme, in a certain environment);

    collection for a honeymoon trip - the chest should be bright, festive. If you already know where the newlyweds will go, you can use something from the style of the country chosen for the trip.

If the product was created together with the child, let him figure out how he wants to see it, and try to paste it over with whatever he wants.

IMPORTANT. When cutting out parts for gluing, do not forget to leave allowances for bends.

The second option is declared pirated - therefore it will be from "rotten boards". How to achieve such an effect?

  1. We cut strips of cardboard 2-3 cm wide (you can intentionally make them unequal for greater naturalness). "Sheathing" for the bottom and sides - size to size along the length, for the cover, front and rear walls- 1 cm longer, this spare centimeter is necessary for the bevel. Now on front side with a clerical knife, we “cut off” the strips from the edges a little, so that the “boards” seem unevenly planed and rotten.
  2. We make “boards” for the lid strictly 2 cm wide - just like the creasing lines, otherwise they will give the finished lid an ugly bend. The last strip (there is more than 2 cm, remember?) needs to be carefully adjusted in size.
  3. We glue the "skin" on the body and cover.
  4. We glue the second blank for the bottom to hide the strips of paper connecting the bottom to the side walls.
  5. We color the workpiece brown paint, trying to create the tone of the tree, we are waiting for drying.
  6. With a thin brush, we apply black paint to the edges and cuts of the “boards”: this is how they become “old and rotten”.

We got a well-deserved sea chest, perhaps even lying on the bottom of the sea.

How to decorate

The decor for the first version of the chest out of the box is selected according to its main color and style. It can be:

  • multi-colored ribbons;
  • braid;
  • lace;
  • beads;
  • applications from fabric and paper;
  • fragments of photographs (photos of the newlyweds are suitable for a wedding);
  • natural materials (as if “adhered” dry flowers, very small pebbles and shells),
  • thematic collages from various clippings;
  • elements of the same styles as used in scrapbooking (shabby, vintage, provence, steampunk, journaling, etc.).

For the second, marine, version, we need a "shackle" - a sheet of silver cardstock is suitable for this. We cut out two strips for the lid (19.5 * 2 cm) and two for the base of the base (we adjust these so that it is enough for three sides - the front wall, bottom, back). With brown and black (you can mix it for more naturalness) paints “smear” with a brush along the stripes, imitating the effect of rust.

At equal intervals, we insert brads into the “forged” strips - an imitation of nails. Then we glue the strips on both sides over the lid, and the lid to the box. We glue the strips for the body so that their edges coincide with the stripes on the lid.

Something is clearly missing in both chests, right? Of course, the castle!

The easiest way is to buy a decorative lock for scrapbooking - their cost is cheap. For the first version, the castle can be made of cardboard or anything - and not necessarily in the form of a castle, it depends on the style.

For a pirate, a decorative handle for furniture with a ring of the appropriate color is suitable - black, steel, bronze or brass, you can use a curly or in the form of a lion's head. A pair of the same handles can be glued on the sides - supposedly "for carrying" a heavy treasure box.

How to decorate a chest from the inside

Depending on the general style, can be pasted over with paper, leather, any suitable fabric(solid, colored, emphatically luxurious - for example, velvet), but even with faux fur. Collages from photos look original inside such chests.

For our pirate chest, matting, burlap, worn leather, canvas, brown or black leatherette are organically suitable. You can simply paint the inside with a deaf black color, but everything that is stored in it will look bright and impressive against such a background.

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